Two Marshfield residents in their 90s have seen more than their fair share of big storms, but this weekend's blizzard was even too much for them to ride out.

Nina Coppola, 98, and Wesley Philbrick, 90, said Monday they resisted going to a shelter, but relented as the blizzard was dying down on Saturday.

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"Had enough, I had enough of that," said Coppola of Marshfield, when asked if she finally cried 'uncle' Saturday morning, 12 hours after the lights and heat went out. "I said next year, I don't think I want to stay here in the wintertime."

Would she go to Florida?

"No, no, in Florida, all my friends are dead," she said adamantly. Instead, she said next winter she might go to her 79-year-old son's home in Belmont.

Coppola said she finally decided to seek help because she realized it wasn't good to stay in a cold environment for long when you're 98 years old. She pressed her life line button around her neck and then called her neighbor, Philbrick.

Philbrick said there was a bit more drama than necessary when help arrived.

"An ambulance showed up, busted through the drifts to the back yard," he said, smiling.

"I'm getting used to eating the bagels," said Philbrick diplomatically when asked if he liked the shelter. But he made it clear, he prefers to be home where he has his independence.

Philbrick and Coppola have shared a driveway for over 26 years. He helps her with her trash, she helps him to remember things.

"She goes back to when she was 3 years old," said Philbrick of Coppola's memory. "I'm just lucky if I just go back."

The two neighbors said they remember worse storms, but admitted it's difficult to be comfortable without power and heat at their age.

While Philbrick is looking forward to returning home, where utility trucks were working in front of their house Monday afternoon, he said he's not looking foward to the task ahead of him.

"I don't like this wet stuff, because I have to shovel, you know," he said.

He really will dig himself out?

"Well, if no one shows up I will, yeah," said Philbrick, amazed that anyone would ask.